Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist. It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the Universe going.
— Stephen Hawking Contemporary

Black holes, cosmology

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From his book 'The Grand Design'.

Date / Period

2010

Category

Shocking

Source

https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQFUsmkHoBng-…

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

Found in 1 providers: gemini

Method

Cross Reference

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